Vegetation Science in Forestry

Preface. 1: Overview. 1. Forest Ecosystems of East and Southeast Asia in a Global Perspective; T. Kira. 2. Climatic Relations of the Forests of East and Southeast Asia; E.O. Box. 3. Species Diversity in East Asia in Global Perspective; K. Iwatsuki. 2: Evergreen Forest Region. 4. On the Global Position of the Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forests of China; Song Yongchang. 5. Pine Forests in East Asia; N. Nakagoshi. 6. Deciduous and Deciduous-Evergreen Forests in Northeastern China; Chou Yi-liang. 7. Comparison of the Vegetation of Subtropical China with that of the Corresponding Region of the USA; Sh. Hartzler. 8. Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forests of Southern South America; R. Hildebrand-Vogel. 9. Historical and Ecological Development of the Evergreen Broad-leaved Forests of Australia; J.S. Beard. 10. Evergreen Broadleaved Forests of New Zealand and their Bioclimatic Definition; C.D. Meurk. 11. Land Use and Human Influences in the Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest Regions of East Asia, the Mediterranean and Australia; S. Pignatti. 3: Summergreen Forest Region. 13. W and SE European Deciduous and Deciduous-Conifer Forests of the Lowlands; F. Klötzli. 14. Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forests in North Central China; L.-Ch. Chen. Composition and Distribution of Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forests in Korea; Y.-J. Yim. Management and Ecological Perspective on the Oak Forests of Mountainous Northeastern China; Yang Si-he. 17. Subtropical Montane Oak Forests in China; Chen Wei-li. 18. Architecture andDevelopment of Mexican Beech Forest; R. Peters. 19. Insights on Deciduous Forests from a European Perspective; R. Neuhäusl. 4: Montane/Boreal Regions. 20. The Spruce Forest of Northern China; L-Zh. Chen. 21. Boreal Forest Phytogeocoenoses of Hokkaido Island, Japan; S. Kojima. 22. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Subalpine Abies Forests in Central Japan; T. Kohyama. 23. Physiological Ecology of the Growth Characteristics of Japanese Mountain Birch in Northern Japan: a Comparison with Japanese